Youth Fiction—Speculative

Youth Fiction—General

Glimpse

Missing In Action

My Double Life

The Healing Spell

Wolves, Boys, and Other Things That Might Kill Me

Carol Lynch Williams

Dean Hughes

Janette Rallison

Kimberley Griffiths Little

Kristen Chandler

No finalists are being announced for the two overall awards. Instead, the Whitney Academy can choose from any of the eligible finalists in any genre category. In other words, all of the novels listed above are in the running for Best Novel of the Year.

Likewise, any of the above finalists that meet the eligibility requirements for Best Novel by a New Author can be chosen for that award. This year, the eligible books are:

Wrong Number, by Rachelle J. Christensen

The Forbidden Sea, by Sheila Nielson

Paranormalcy, by Kiersten White

Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me, by Kristen Chandler

Meg’s Melody, by Kaylee Baldwin

We will also be asking Academy voters to certify that they have read each of the books in the categories they are voting in. If, for example, a voters wants to vote for Best Romance, then the ballot will contain a checkbox asking the voter to certify that they’ve read all five novels in that category.

To vote for Best Novel of the Year, you must have read all of the finalists in all categories–all thirty five novels.

Five of the books nominated here are in my house. And I actually haven’t read them. I have read one of the books on here, though. Yay. Good thing I’m not voting. Feel bad for those Fantasy voters who haven’t read The Way of Kings.

I’m so glad to see Carol Warburton’s ‘The Legend of Shannonderry’ as a finalist in the Romance category. It is an excellent book; and, one that I really enjoyed reading!!! I look forward to Ms. Warburton’s next offering.

I also loved Sandra Grey’s three book series that included “Trespass’. As I finished one, I couldn’t wait to read the next one!

Thank you Whitney Award staff for recognizing both of these wonderful authors!

[…] The Whitney Awards finalists were announced on Tuesday. 35 books in 7 categories, with the winners to be announced at the Whitney Awards Banquet at the LDStorymakers Writers Conference, May 7. There will also be two special awards, Rick Walton will receive an “Outstanding Achievement Award” and Susan Evans McCloud will receive a “Lifetime Achievement Award”. Congratulations to all of the nominees. […]